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Celtic Mythology
We now leave the mild climate of the ancient Aegean, and the cold, forbidding regions of the North. Here, we enter the lush, green land, shrouded i...
By Timeless Myths
Heroines
Even though the societies in post-Dorian Invasion Greece were predominantly filled with myths about male heroes, some myths still survive about the...
By Jimmy Joe
Eochaid
A pre-Christian sun god. Eochaid was also god of lightning, and his sword was a thunderbolt. Eochaid seemed to be either a god of horses or he was ...
By Jimmy Joe
Domnu
Goddess of the Fomorians. Domnu appeared in Lebor Gabala as the mother of Indech, the Fomorian king. Her attribute is uncertain, but she may have b...
By Jimmy Joe
Crom Cruach
Crom Cruach was the god of weather and fertility. Crom Cruach was not a Tuatha Dé Danann deity. A great gold idol was set up in Mag Sleact ("Plain ...
By Jimmy Joe
Donn
Donn was a chthonic Underworld god responsible for the passage of the dead. Donn was the Irish god of the dead. Donn was mainly worshipped in Munst...
By Jimmy Joe
Neit
God of war. Neit was a son of Dagda. Neit was said to have been the father of the Fomorians: Delbaeth, who was the father of Elatha, and of Dót, wh...
By Jimmy Joe
Midir
Midir was the son of Dagda. He was often called Midir the Proud. Midir had a fairy palace in Sleive Callary. Midir seemed to appear more frequently...
By Jimmy Joe
Bodb Derg
Bodb Derg was the god of poetry and wisdom. Bodb Derg was the son of Dagda. Bodb Derg seemed to have ruled several different sidhes, depending on w...
By Jimmy Joe
Angus Óg
The god of love and youth. Angus (Oengus) was the son of Dagda and Boann. He was known as Angus the Young or Mac Óc. Angus lived at Brugh na Bóinne...
By Jimmy Joe
Lugh
Lugh was the son of Cian (Kian), son of Danu and Dian Cécht, and Ethlinn (Ethnea or Eithliu), daughter of Balor, a Fomorian champion (leader). Lugh...
By Jimmy Joe
Bres
God of agriculture. Bres was the son of a Danann woman named Eriu or Eri, and of Elatha, the king of the Fomorians. Elatha was the son of Delbáeth ...
By Jimmy Joe
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